IN HANDY, IT'S NOW. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE FROM YOUR APP STORE. SEARCH FOR WDIV. Ruth: THE STORY HAS BECOME THE TALK OF METRO DETROIT, THE DISCOVERY OF SEVERAL BAGS OF HUMAN BODY PARTS IN RURAL ST. CLAIR COUNTY. WILL JONES IS LIVE IN CHINA TOWNSHIP WITH THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. WILL? Will: RUTH, THIS INVESTIGATION IS MOVING FORWARD AT FULL SPEED. DETECTIVES HAVE A LOT OF EVIDENCE AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE EVIDENCE RIGHT NOW HOPING THAT WILL PROVIDE SOME CLUES TO HELP GIVE A FAMILY IN THIS AREA SOME CLOSURE. AS DEPUTIES AWAIT THE RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY, THEY'RE FOLLOWING SEVERAL LEADS AFTER HUMAN REMAINS WERE FOUND IN CHINA TOWNSHIP, REMAINS THAT OF A WHITE MALE. WE'RE TRACKING DOWN MISSING PEOPLE AND WE'RE HOPING FOR TIPS TO COME IN. Will: THURSDAY AFTERNOON, A MIDDLE AGE HEAVY SET WHITE WOMAN WAS SEEN DUMPING THE BAGS OUT OF HER LATE MODEL SUV, PERHAPS A JIMMY OR A TRAILBLAZER. THEY FOUND ANOTHER BAG THIS MORNING ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO I-94 WEST. DETECTIVES WENT OUT ON SCENE CLOSE TO 5 A.M. IT APPEARS TO BE EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE INCIDENT. Will: THEY'RE NOT RULING OUT IF THERE ARE MORE REMAINS IN THE AREA. THEY'RE RELYING ON THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO SOLVE THIS MYSTERY. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN DUMPED IN THIS COUNTY, BUT NOTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S COMMON, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, NOT USUALLY TO THE EXTENT WHERE IT'S MULTIPLE BAGS AND THIS TYPE OF DISMEMBERMENT. Will: DEPUTIES WANT PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR EYES OPEN. GIVE THEM A CALL. THAT'S HOW THEY GOT THE TIP THIS MORNING. WE'RE LIVE AT THE ST. CLAIR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WILL JONES, LOCAL 4. Ruth: AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WHERE THE REMAINS WERE FOUND, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THIS? Will: AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE TALKING ABOUT HUMAN REMAINS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

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As deputies await the results of the autopsy they're following several leads in their investigation of the human remains found Thursday scattered across a rural stretch of road in and out of garbage bags just about a mile away from Interstate 94 in China Township.

Deputies are now saying the remains are that of a white male.

"We are, again, working on identification. We're tracking down missing people and we are hoping for tips to come in," said St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon.

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On Thursday afternoon, along Fred Moore Highway and Allington Road, a middle-aged, heavy-set white woman was seen dumping the bags out of her mid-90s SUV, possibly a GMC Jimmy or Chevrolet Trailblazer. Investigators want to track down that woman.

What they found Friday morning could help them do that. They found another bag connected to the case on the entrance ramp to I-94 west off of Fred Moore Highway. No remains were in the bag, only clothes and charred papers.

"Our detectives went out on scene close to 5 a.m. It appears to be evidence related to the incident," said Donnellon.

They're not ruling out if there could be more remains scattered in the area. They're relying on the public's help to solve this mystery.

This isn't the first time human remains have been dumped in this county but the Sheriff says they haven't seen something quite like this.

"I'm not gonna say it's common, but it has happened in the past. Not usually to the extent that it's multiple bags and this type of dismemberment," said the Sheriff.

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